Albbruck

Sister cities

• Carmignano di Brenta

History

In 1805 during the process of German mediatisation, a restructuring of certain jurisdictions, Albbruck became a possession of the Grand Duchy of Baden. In 1939, the town was assigned to the district of Waldshut. Through much of this period, it was rural and agricultural. Decades after World War II, beginning in the 1970s, Albbruck underwent a period of growth. Residential areas were developed on the west side of the town and commercial space to its north. A new town hall was constructed in 1973. The municipality also grew in geographic area in that period, adding , Buch, and Unteralpfen with Albbruck on 1 January 1975. A new town center was completed in 2000.

Geography

The municipality (Gemeinde) of Albbruck lies at the southern edge of the district of Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg, a state of the Federal Republic of Germany. It lies along the High Rhine and the national border with Switzerland, and extends from there north into the Hotzenwald. The municipality is crossed by the chine valleys of the Mühlbach and Alb rivers. of the former is a Federally-protected nature reserve and the latter forms part of the municipality's northwest border. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of Normalnull (NN) in the Hotzenwald to a low of about on the Rhine.

Most-observed species

• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  9,697
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  5,106
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  4,444
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  3,868
• bow-winged grasshopper

  Chorthippus biguttulus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  3,515
• Small Heath

  Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  3,439
• Meadow Grasshopper

  Pseudochorthippus parallelus (Zetterstedt, 1821) · Insecta
  2,600
• Dog-rose

  Rosa canina L. · Magnoliopsida
  2,118

Most recent

• M 4.2 — 2026-04-26
  4 km NNW of Quarten, Switzerland
• M 3.5 — 2024-06-27
  1 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany
• M 4.2 — 2024-06-04
  2 km NNW of Unteriberg, Switzerland
• M 3.9 — 2022-09-10
  1 km WSW of Zimmersheim, France
• M 4 — 2020-10-25
  5 km ESE of Ennenda, Switzerland
• M 3.1 — 2018-05-04
  2 km W of Schliengen, Germany